Religious responses to the pandemic and crises : isolation, survival, and #Covidchaos / edited by Sravana Borkataky-Varma, Christian A. Eberhart, and Marianne Bjelland Kartzow.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Borkataky-Varma, Sravana, editor.

Eberhart, Christian, editor.

Kartzow, Marianne Bjelland, 1971- editor.

Series:

Routledge Studies in Religion Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Religious aspects--Case studies.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.

Crisis management--Religious aspects--Case studies.

Crisis management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 pages)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, England : Routledge, [2024]

Summary:

"Religious Responses to the Pandemic and Crises explores various dimensions of the interrelations between the individual, community, and religion. With their global scope, the contributions to this volume represent reflections on the rich and multifaceted spectrum of human responses in a variety of different religions and cultures to the current SARS2-COVID-19 pandemic and similar crises in the past. The contributions are organized in three thematic parts focusing on strategies, rituals, and past and present human practices in response to medically induced crises. They reflect on the intersection of personal or communal responses and state-mandated policies relative to SARS2-COVID-19 while outlining different strategies to cope with the pandemic crisis. Timely questions explored include: How do individuals connect with or disconnect from religious and spiritual communities during times of personal and collective crises, including pandemics? How do religious practices such as rituals bridge individuals and communities? How do religious texts from past and present highlight and represent crises and pandemics? Dynamic and multidisciplinary in its inquiry, this volume is an outstanding resource for scholars of Anthropology, Religion, Social Sciences, Ritual Theory, Sex and Gender Studies, and contemporary Medical Sciences"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Pandemic Pūjā : corona devi, coronasur, and how a viral Twitter campaign affirms analog ritual power / Dheepa Sundaram

Sitting on a grave : female agency and resistance during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chiga Village, Kenya / Loreen Maseno

'He has filled the hungry with good things' (Luke 1:53) : theologizing on the pandemic, pagpupuri, and pantries / Ma. Maricel S. Ibita and Ma. Marilou S. Ibita

Diseased rites : magic tantras and inflicted illness / Aaron Michael Ullrey

"Can a virus destroy the sacred?" The Latvian experience of holy communion during COVID-19 / Ilze Ūdre, Dace Balode, and Linards Rozentāls

Ritual reinvention and the celebration of the eucharist in times of crises : biblical and contemporary perspectives / Korinna Zamfir

Isolation, community, and religious identification : the ritual world of early Christian imprisonment letters / Soham Al-Suadi

Plagues, withdrawal, and wayfaring in the Hebrew Bible / Elisa Uusimäki

The leper as transcestor : queens in exile / Audrey Gale Hall

Constructing the sacred self : 21st century paganism, self-care, and ascetic witchcraft /MiloRhys K. Teplin di Padilla

Pedagogy of death in the era of #Coronachaos / Keith E. McNeal.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781000921656

1000921654

9781000921625

100092162X

9781003295402

1003295401

OCLC:

1382918804